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ArticleAnalytical chemistry2022

Addressing Missing Data in GC × GC Metabolomics: Identifying Missingness Type and Evaluating the Impact of Imputation Methods on Experimental Replication.

Trenton J Davis, Tarek R Firzli, Emily A Higgins Keppler, Matthew Richardson, Heather D Bean

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Article in Analytical chemistry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. NAR genomics and bioinformatics · 2026
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  8. CE-MS-Based Clinical Metabolomics of Human Plasma.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
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  12. Big Data in Gastroenterology Research.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Trenton J DavisSchool of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States.
Tarek R FirzliSchool of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, United States.
Emily A Higgins KepplerSchool of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States.
Matthew RichardsonDepartment of Respiratory Sciences, College of Life Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, U.K.
Heather D BeanSchool of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8821-0659

Funding

Translational Research Center to Expedite Novel Therapies in Cystic FibrosisP30DK089507 · NIDDK · SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI Christopher Hooper Goss, Lucas R Hoffman · 2010 to 2026
$21.4M
Improving outcomes in CF patients: Toward rapid detection of P. aeruginosaR56HL139846 · NHLBI · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI HILL, JANE · 2018 to 2018
$514k
NHLBI NIH HHS R56 HL139846NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK089507
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Missing data is a significant issue in metabolomics that is often neglected when conducting data preprocessing, particularly when it comes to imputation. This can have serious implications for downstream statistical analyses and lead to misleading or uninterpretable inferences. In this study, we aim to identify the primary types of missingness that affect untargeted metabolomics data and compare strategies for imputation using two real-world comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC × GC) data sets. We also present these goals in the context of experimental replication whereby imputation is conducted in a within-replicate-based fashion─the first description and evaluation of this strategy─and introduce an R package

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MetabolomicsBayes TheoremChromatography, GasPrincipal Component AnalysisReproducibility of Results

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PMID35881554
PMCPMC9369014

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